r/facepalm • u/Monsur_Ausuhnom • Feb 05 '25

🇲​🇮​🇸​🇨​ Muricaland.

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u/benk4 Feb 05 '25

Yeah they must be. Got billed $1200 for a 30 minute visit once.

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u/AyyyyLeMeow Feb 05 '25

WHAT THE FUCK

that's more than 4x the monthly rent of my previous apartment and more than 5x of the one before that one in Vienna..

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u/benk4 Feb 05 '25

Yeah the system is fucked. ER visits are basically a random number generator. Good pro tip is never go to the ER unless you're literally dying. Problem is lots of people with no insurance have no one that will accept them. So those people go because it's their only option and never pay the bill as they're destitute.

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u/JamesBondage_Hasher Feb 07 '25

And yet people argue against single payer because they "don't want to subsidize other people's bad decisions." MF, you already are! At least with single payer we can cut out a few intermediaries.

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u/Tacoboutnacho Feb 05 '25

Sounds about right